Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven’t had to face in many years: how to protect newborns against hepatitis B. Last week, a federal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. Updated, Dec. 5: This story, originally published Dec. 4, has been ...

The ACIP voted to recommend that the hepatitis B birth dose be optional for infants of HBsAg-negative mothers, a move strongly opposed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Centers for Disease ...

A comprehensive review of hepatitis B vaccination found no evidence that delaying the birth dose provides any safety or efficacy benefits and identified substantial risks associated with changing long ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. The ACIP delayed a vote on changing recommendations for ...

We know the virus is most commonly passed from mother to child at birth or through contact with infected blood and bodily fluids, 5 with infants facing the highest risk of lifelong chronic infection ...

Paediatrician, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney Nicholas Wood has previously ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine safety panel on Friday morning agreed to postpone a decision to no longer recommend the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. The vote from ...

Immunity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) induced through vaccination may offer protection against diabetes. In a study, researchers found that individuals with no prior HBV infection but with measurable ...

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